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Asheville benefits
Have a gay ol’ time! Blue Ridge Pride White Party Weekend June 21-23
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

The event is a fundraiser for Loving Food Resources.

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Drink up with Asheville-area homebrewers at Just Brew It on May 25
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

The work of more than 50 homebrewers on display and ready for tasting at Wedge Brewery. Yum. Brought to you by Just Economics.

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WNC BIT Summit is new networking event for Asheville-area small bizzes
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

Meet The Geeks is the sponsor of this new networking event, set for June 4.

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Asheville events
May 31 meeting set to hear public input on four River Arts District community projects
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

Asheville Design Center and OPEN Asheville want input on a new bus shelter and footbridge, as well as a couple of other projects.

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Asheville events
Big Love Fest organizers look at late summer to reschedule event
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

Big Love was washed out earlier in May.

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Asheville business, Asheville News
Sold: Asheville South Slope warehouse to Run Riot LLC
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

Run Riot plunked down $1.1 million for the former Standard Paper building on Banks Avenue as South Slope boils with development activity.

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Craigslist Asheville: Pub-cycle driver wanted
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

Looks like Asheville's first drink-and-ride beer trolley is getting cranked up.

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The Week in Film: Sequel Hell edition
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

The Wolfpack and Vin Diesel return, but take heart: so do the Bluths!

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Ashvegas movie review: Star Trek Into Darkness
Jason Sandford May 20, 2013

J.J. Abrams' return to the Enterprise is big time, big money entertainment at its best...until it treads some very familiar territory.

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Asheville features
Callista Gingrich drops by Biltmore House
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

Callista Gingrich is the president of her own multimedia production company.

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Oyster House Brewing in West Asheville set to open first week in June
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

Can't wait to see the new Haywood Road digs for Oyster House.

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Beach Day, and their gorgeous surf rock sound, coming to Double Crown June 23
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

This surf/garage rock trio channels the classic sound of '60s girl bands. They're playing the Double Crown on June 23.

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Asheville Citizen-Times: Topless women return to streets of downtown Asheville
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

The boob parade continues.

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Big Sam
Asheville Music
Big Sam’s Funky Nation kicks off Downtown After 5 in Asheville tonight
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

There's a fun moonlight bicycle ride through downtown following the concert.

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Asheville food and drink
Noble Cider, Asheville hard cider, will celebrate with June 5 event
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

You won't have to wait that long to taste, tough. Noble Cider will be on tap May 25 at The Wedge.

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Asheville business
Asheville Habitat ReStore celebrates 10th anniversary with storewide sale May 25
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

Everything will be 25 percent off.

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Asheville features
Reddit Asheville post: Asheville, let’s secede!
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

Given the state of North Carolina politics, some are saying this may not be such a ludicrous idea after all.

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Asheville features
WLOS catches Powerball fever, buys 50 tix and promises to give away winnings
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

The Asheville TV station is asking people to register and promises to share winnings of $10,000 or more with 13 randomly selected people.

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Asheville business
OM Sanctuary sets ribbon-cutting ceremony
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

The health retreat on Richmond Hill Drive is coming together.

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Ashvegas movie review: No
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

Pablo Larrain's film is an exceptional record of an exceptional time.

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Ashvegas movie review: Gimme The Loot
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

Adam Leon's graffiti tale is a fast and fresh experience too rarely seen in modern cinema.

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Buncombe County pays more than $1 million for 8 acres on Hendersonville Road
Jason Sandford May 16, 2013

The transaction may be part of a secretive economic development deal dubbed "Project X" that the county is pursuing.

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Asheville Music
Asheville Scene: Asheville jingle writer scores with video game soundtrack
Jason Sandford May 15, 2013

Billy Sheeran has a knack for a catchy tune, and he's applied his talents to scoring a new video game called Floris.

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March Against Monsanto planned in Asheville on May 25
Jason Sandford May 15, 2013

Local activists are ready to show they're sick and tried of the corporate takeover of agriculture.

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Asheville business, Asheville food and drink
Word on the street: New restaurant coming to Haywood Road
Jason Sandford May 15, 2013

Work to renovate this building near the Haywood Road/I-240 intersection is coming together.

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Asheville Citizen-Times: Winning $1 million lottery ticket sold at Ingles
Jason Sandford May 15, 2013

The winner bought the ticket at Ingles on Leicester Highway. So who's the lucky winner?

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Politico: Franklin Graham complains of IRS intimidation
Jason Sandford May 15, 2013

The IRS is under investigation for its scrutiny of conservative groups, and now Graham says his organizations were targeted unfairly.

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Catawba Valley Brewing to announce plans for Asheville brewery at Beer Week event
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

The May 26 Asheville Beer Week event is a dinner pairing food from FIG Bistro with Catawba Valley brews. Yum.

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RiverMusic 2013 hits Friday with StephaniesID
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

There's a new trolley service to shuttle folks from downtown to the riverside party.

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Add one more to the WLOS news team: Kimberly King
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

King's reporting has garnered several high-profile awards.

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Asheville’s newest brewery, Hi-Wire Brewing, will be ready for Asheville Beer Week
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

Hi-Wire's first tasting event will be held on May 31 at the Thirsty Monk.

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Filmmaker seeks crowd cash for Possum Drop doc
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

The story is an age-old tale of how outsider influence, in this case PETA, affects a close-knit community, in this case Brasstown.

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Asheville benefits
Croquet tournament in Swannanoa to benefit
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

The event is set for June 1 at the Native Kitchen and Social Pub.

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Ashvegas movie review: The Great Gatsby
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

Baz Luhrmann glitzes up 1920s New York "Moulin Rouge!" style, but can't fully overcome the classic novel's cinematic flaws.

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The Week in Film: Captain’s Log edition (Part 2…or is it 12?)
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

Kirk, Spock & Co. square off against one of their own while a pair of smart indies vie for the leftovers.

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WLOS: Fire code violations at Buncombe County Schools
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

WLOS reporter Mike Mason exposes fire code violations at local schools. It's a report he's done before, with impressive results.

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Asheville News
WLOS adds Donovan, Mason to news team
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

Reporter Evan Donovan and investigative reporter Mike Mason are the newest to join WLOS-TV Channel 13.

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Planned Parenthood in Asheville gets new home
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

The nonprofit provider of reproductive health services plans to expand and provide more services.

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Asheville Music
Asheville Citizen-Times: Warren Haynes Christmas Jam expands to two days for 25th anniversary
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

The all-star jam will cover two days just like it did for its 20th anniversary.

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Opinion
On Asheville as a sprouting pot, not a place to be planted to blossom
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

"I can see Asheville as both the land of love and acceptance of diverging views and a caricature of itself as the land of love, beer, food and tourism."

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Asheville loses ‘Beer City’ crown to Grand Rapids
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

After four years on top, Asheville passes the glass.

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Biltmore Mall to be transformed into outlet center
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

The new Asheville Outlets will feature "top manufacturers and retail outlets" and is scheduled to open next year, according to press release.

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Asheville features
Asheville panel discussion to focus on role and challenges of independent media
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

Asheville Free Media and Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center are teaming up to simulcast the discussion.

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Warren Wilson College lands $2.1 million to turn art department into craft center
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

The college will hire faculty and staff in the areas of sculpture, woodworking, blacksmithing and more.

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Ashvegas movie review: Peeples
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

Not even Bernie Focker would give this sad and confused film a participation award.

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Asheville events
CONTEST OVER Win tix NOW to Friday’s ActionFest screening
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

Free movie, Ninja Porter, and popcorn? Win tickets now!

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Ashvegas movie review: Renoir
Jason Sandford May 10, 2013

The famous painter and his filmmaker-to-be son are surrounded by beauty, yet stuck in a mostly plodding narrative.

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Ashvegas movie review: Lore
Jason Sandford May 10, 2013

Two hours of post-WWII German misery? Coming right up.

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CONFIRMED: New mixed-use building, parking deck planned for River Arts District
Jason Sandford May 10, 2013

A major new development is planned for the ever-changing River Arts District.

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RiverLink: Old Cotton Mill in River Arts District to be torn down
Jason Sandford May 9, 2013

The brick building was recently the site of an arson fire, one of a recent string of RAD arsons.

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